[Coco] Smalles CoCo ever "re-created"??

[John Donaldson]

Some years ago, I saw a product that was a mainly a joystick with a external 
power brick and a cable that ran to the TV. You used the joystick to select one 
of three-four games. Someone open up the joystick base and found a board with a 
large chip on it. Turns out that the chip emulated the C-64, RAM, ROM, and 
sound/video interface. He took it out and discovered that there were  unused 
ports to hook a keyboard to and etc.  So getting a coco into the size of a 
smartphone is very much doable.

John Donaldson




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From: Chad H <chadbh74 at hotmail.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wed, December 19, 2012 10:38:31 PM
Subject: [Coco] Smalles CoCo ever "re-created"??

With all the talk of emulators and CoCo's being re-imagined on FPGA's and
other such micro-solutions..  I'm curious what's the SMALLEST (physical
size) that someone has ever gotten a CoCo emulated environment running on?
That's including Display & Keyboard.



I have a idea for setting up such a device to run as a CoCo that would be a
all-in-one self contained unit, built in 4-5 inch screen, small keyboard,
and fit in the palm of your hand  (slightly larger than a large smartphone)
I'm pretty sure I could pull it off, but just wondering if anyone else has
achieved this already, might save me some work.


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